Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-183) and index
Introduction : a death and its aftermath -- Surrealism : damaged muses and mischievous mannequins -- Man Ray : a subversive vision -- Minotaur and Minotaure -- Dreams of love and death -- The exquisite corpse : a literal reenactment? -- After the murder -- The L.A. art scene -- Marcel Duchamp and the Étant donnés, part I -- William Copley : surrealist confidante -- Marcel Duchamp and the Étant donnés, part II -- Afterword -- Acknowledgments -- Appendix I. Los Angeles 1935-1950 : a web of connections -- Appendix II. Timeline
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Illustration texts run into the gutter leaf 4-5 & 194-195(cutoff texts)